US5587288AExpiredUtility

Regulation of exoprotein in Staphylococcus aureus

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Assignee: UNIV ROCKEFELLERPriority: May 24, 1994Filed: May 24, 1994Granted: Dec 24, 1996
Est. expiryMay 24, 2014(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Ambrose CheungVincent Fischetti
C07K 14/31
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PatentIndex Score
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Claims

Abstract

This invention relates to the recognition and control of bacterial infections, particularly infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus). The present invention provides the staphylococcal accessory regulatory (sar) protein, and the gene encoding the sar protein (sar). The present invention also provides a diagnostic method for determining the pathogenicity of an S. aureus isolate using the sar gene.

Claims

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What is claimed is: 
     
       1. An isolated, purified S. aureus staphylococcal accessory regulatory (sar) protein, consisting of the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO. 1. 
     
     
       2. An isolated, purified S. aureus gene sar comprising a contiguous nucleotide sequence encoding the sar protein of claim 1. 
     
     
       3. A sar gene according to claim 1, wherein the gone consists of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO. 1.

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